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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2025:4109-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 275510

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4109-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-40778: Address various spoofing attacks (bsc#1252379).
 - CVE-2025-40780: Cache-poisoning due to weak pseudo-random number generator (bsc#1252380).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252379

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252380

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40778

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40780

http://www.nessus.org/u?3af4448b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 275510

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4109-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2025

Updated: 11/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbind9-1600, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libirs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libns1604, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdns1605, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccc1600, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisc1606, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libirs1601, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccfg1600, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40778, CVE-2025-40780

IAVA: 2025-A-0800

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4109-1